- A politcal party is a group of people that come together to vote for the same beliefs.
- There are two major parties. They are the Republicans and the Democrats. But, there are other parties too, such as the Libertarian and Green parties.
- The symbol of the Democratic Party is the donkey. The symbol of the Republican Party is the elephant.
- Democrats believe the government in Washington can make things better. The Republicans believe the states and individual people should have more power.
- You can also be an independent and belong to no political party.
- A political party nominates a candidate to run in different elections by having primary elections.
- For the presidential election, some states have caucuses which are group meetings that help pick the candidates.
- President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden are Democrats. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are Republicans.
